Definition of repair

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• repair is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• repair is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• repair is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of repair

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken (verb)

  Examples

  1. She repaired her TV set

  Synonyms

  1. bushel
  2. doctor
  3. fix
  4. furbish up
  5. mend
  6. restore
  7. touch on
• set straight or right (verb)

  Examples

  1. repair an oversight

  Synonyms

  1. amend
  2. rectify
  3. remediate
  4. remedy
• the act of putting something in working order again (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. fix
  2. fixing
  3. fixture
  4. mend
  5. mending
  6. reparation
• give new life or energy to (verb)

  Examples

  1. This treatment repaired my health

  Synonyms

  1. animate
  2. quicken
  3. reanimate
  4. recreate
  5. renovate
  6. revive
  7. revivify
  8. vivify
• make amends for; pay compensation for (verb)

  Examples

  1. One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich

  Synonyms

  1. compensate
  2. indemnify
  3. recompense
• move, travel, or proceed toward some place (verb)

  Examples

  1. He repaired to his cabin in the woods

  Synonyms

  1. resort
• a frequently visited place (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. hangout
  2. haunt
  3. resort
  4. stamping ground
• a formal way of referring to the condition of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. the building was in good repair

See definition of repair in Merriam Webster